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==History==
[[Image:FirstBaptistMarker.jpg|thumb|120px|left|A sign marks the original site of First Baptist Church on [[Government Street]].]]First Baptist Church was organized as the '''Pensacola Baptist Church of Christ''' on [[May 2]], [[1847]] by [[Alexander Travis]] and [[Joseph Mitchell]]. Early church leaders had difficulty establishing a foothold in the area — records from the time repeatedly say the "Lord's Day service was a disappointment"<ref name="history">[http://www.fbcp.org/Uploaded/History.pdf A Brief History]</ref> — but in [[1852]] the congregation built its first building on [[Government Street]], just west of [[Seville Square]]. [[Image:FirstBaptistOld.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The previous First Baptist Church building at [[Palafox Street]] and [[La Rua Street|La Rua]].]]The church relocated to its current location on [[Palafox Street]] atop [[Gage Hill]] in [[1894]], where a new building was completed in [[1895]]. The church was remodeled in [[1922]] and [[1956]].
==Leadership==